Saturday, March 14, 2009

Palestinain Disunity Continues

Palestinian Nabhan family live in the ruins of their house in eastern Jabalya refugee camp March 14, 2009. Their house was destroyed during Israel's three-week long offensive in Gaza Strip last January. The lights in the background is from an Israeli border village. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Palestinian Factions Fail To Find Unity -- Jerusalem Post

Hamas officials said over the weekend that the Egyptian-sponsored reconciliation talks with Fatah have failed to produce agreement over the establishment of a Palestinian "unity government." Salah Bardaweel, a Hamas negotiator and legislator, held Fatah responsible for the failure.

He said that Fatah's demand that the new government abide by all previous agreements that were signed between Israel and the Palestinians was the main reason behind the collapse of the talks.

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My Comment: After fighting a bitter civil war for the past two years, Fatah and Hamas reconciliation is not going to be easy.

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